Tech News
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Poll: Facebook is a fad
Published: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | By: DennisI have been telling people this all the time but it would seem people are blinded by their friends and flash games to realize that once the polish wears off things won't be the same.
Facebook has more 900 million users as it prepares to launch a new IPO this week. But a fair number of people aren't too excited about the popular social network.
Half of the 1,000 people polled by the Associated Press and CNBC called Facebook a passing fad. A majority of those surveyed (51 percent) have a favorable impression of the company, while 23 percent have an unfavorable opinion.
But in light of the upcoming IPO, the survey focused more on Facebook's value as an investment.Until things go south I'll spend some time making sure the Ninjalane Facebook page is up to date as it would seem 900 million people is a great way to spread the word.
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NL: Revierw Block - GTX 680 VIdeo Cards
Published: Friday, May 18, 2012 | By: DennisThe GTX 680 has been out for awhile and, as of this news posting, the cards are still in short supply. That doesn't stop hardware sites though.
Video Card Reviews
- MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr III OC 2 GB @ techPowerUp
- OC3D: Gigabyte GTX680 Windforce ReviewHere we have a couple of custom cards from MSI and Gigabyte, sadly they are both basted on the reference design but do feature custom coolers to keep excess heat under control.
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GIGABYTE eSports LAN Party
Published: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | By: DennisCalling all LAN party eSports enthusiasts!!
City of Industry, California, May 14, 2012– GIGABYTE TECHNOLGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced its first North America eSports event, the GIGABYTE eSports LAN (GESL) which will take place on June 15-17th, 2012 at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA. (Better known as Cal Poly Pomona).
GIGABYTE introduced the G1-Killer Series of gaming motherboards with the LGA 1366 Intel X58 platform with unique features like onboard Qualcomm Killer networking and Creative audio. With the latest LGA 1155 Intel 7-series launch, GIGABYTE has added new members to the G1-Killer family, the G1.Sniper 3 and the Micro-ATX form factor G1.Sniper M3. Equipped with the latest Intel Z77 Express Chipset, the G1.Sniper 3 motherboard harnesses the outstanding performance of the new 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors using an exclusive “All Digital” VRM design. GIGABYTE 3D Power and GIGABYTE 3D BIOS (Dual UEFI) mean that G1.Sniper 3 and G1.Sniper M3 motherboards ensure exceptional power delivery and absolute control.This actually looks like a really fun event to both promote the new Gigabyte G1 Killer Series motherboard and help raise awareness with game developers to build more LAN friendly games.
(That last part I made up, but it sounded good
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15 Current Technologies A Child Born Today Will Never Use
Published: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | By: DennisMy how technology changes and reading this list makes me think back to some of the tech that I used as a kid which is now gone. Rotary phone? ya forget about it, VCR? Nope got rid of that 10+ ago. However there are still things around that migh have gone away. CD player, yep you can buy them and most boom boxes still have them, AM radio, yep, Landline phone, I doubt that will go away any time soon.
When reading this list I get the impression that we have a fanboy on our hands and while there may be some truth to what they are saying I believe the timeline is off.
As my newborn son grows to match the size of a mid-tower desktop, a large-screen TV and eventually a server rack, I can’t help but think about all the gadgets he won’t even remember using that were so important to his dad. I’m not talking about long dead-and-buried technologies such as the VHS recorder or the 35mm camera. Rather, I’m thinking about devices and concepts most of us use today that will fall out of mainstream use so soon that he either won’t remember them, or will only have very hazy memories of having lived with them.
I guess the key here is that he says "mainstream use", still that is no excuse for saying that Microsoft has all the answers.
oh, another reaffirming fact? one of their other articles is claiming why you should be using google+, I almost fell out of my chair laughing.
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NL: Review Block - Cases Coolers and Cards - (5/14/2k12)
Published: Monday, May 14, 2012 | By: DennisTime for another edition of Cases Coolers and Cards. In this episode we will be trimming the fat from the inbox and posting some of the reviews fitting the description above.
With luck google will find this extra text of benefit and you, the reader, can be happy in knowing that I was able to post all of these hardware links for you to click on. Be sure to check out the Noctua fan and AMP edition video cards.
Cases
- Lian Li PC 100 “The Hammer” @ LanOC Reviews
- Bitfenix Raider Mid-Tower ATX Chassis Review @ OCIA
- Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced Case Review @ Quentin Rademaker Dot NL
Coolers
- Deepcool Frostwin @ PureOverclock
- Vapor Chamber Cooling via Coolermaster's TPC-812 Heatsink @ Frostytech
- Xigmatek SD1283 Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler @ Pro-Clockers
- DeepCool Ice Wind Pro Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Thermaltake Frio Extreme Cooler Review
- Noctua NF-F12 PWM Cooling Fan @ Pro-Clockers
- Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews
- Thermaltake BigWater 760 Plus CPU Liquid Cooler Review @ NikKTech
Cards
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 SLI @ techPowerUp
- Zotac GeForce GTX680 2GB Review @ HardwareLOOK
- ZOTAC GeForce GTX 670 AMP! Edition 2 GB @ techPowerUp
- MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr Graphics Card Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Zotac GTX 680 AMP! Review
- ZOTAC GeForce GTX 680 AMP! Edition 2 GB @ techPowerUp
- MSI R7970 Lightning / R7870 Hawk review @ Hardware.InfoMore news and reviews to come, I hope.
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Gigabyte GA-7PESH1 powered by 2x Xeon E5 2690 under real World workloads @ ocaholic
Published: Monday, May 14, 2012 | By: DennisUnless you are building a custom dual processor workstation or what the power of the EVGA SR Series there is little chance you would ever use (or need) a dual processor system. Modern processors are just "too" powerful and mobo makers were shy to design the motherboards.
Because of this many people are unaware that Xeon processors exist nor that they have slighly different specs from the mainstream desktop models. Are they better? Do they suck? only Intel knows for sure.
Instead of an enthusiast motherboard, this time we will look at a workstation motherboard. Meanwhile it is not a entry level motherboard, Gigabyte provided us with their latest high end motherboard which features up to 512 GB of DDR3 memory running at 1600 MHz, two 8 core / 16 threads processor, a high end LSI SAS controller and more. This time we will not only review the motherboard but also benchmark this dual Xeon Octocore setup under real world workloads/situations. Feel the power!
It is nice to see Gigabyte building dual processor systems again, I might have to get one of these for myself.
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13 gaming mice review @ Hardware.Info
Published: Monday, May 14, 2012 | By: DennisThis should be a fun read bur reads more like a shopping list
To many computer users the mouse is just a necessary little tool for operating their computer. As long as it has two buttons and a wheel and the cursor goes where it's supposed to, most people are satisfied. Gamers are more demanding, however, in terms of comfort, performance, and features. We reviewed 13 gaming mice to find out what's currently out there.
A decent mouse is crucial for the serious gamer, that is why we are in the habit of regularly doing a round-up of the latest gaming mice. The 13 mice in this comparison test vary quite a bit in price, from £45 to £69. It’s a pretty big difference, which should mean that the performance and features should differ significantly as well. The only way of finding this out for sure is by a thorough test. And that’s exactly what we did.Here are the mice they tested, I have used a few of them before and some I have never heard of in my life.
A4 Tech XL-747H
Corsair Vengeance M90
Cyborg Rat 7
Epicgear Meduza
Logitech G9x Laser Mouse
Mionix Naos 5000
QPAD OM-75
Razer Imperator 4G
Revoltec Fight Mouse Pro Carbon
Roccat Kone[+]
Steelseries World of Warcraft MMO Mouse [Legendary] Edition
TT eSports Theron
Zowie AM-GSKeep mousin'
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MSI MOA Americas Qualifier has ended
Published: Friday, May 11, 2012 | By: DennisIn the last podcast Darren and I discussed the MSI MOA Americas Qualifier and what I was doing to prepare to compete. Well, after several long weeks the competition is now over and three overclockers have came out on top.
I was in 3rd place at one point in the competition but was quickly bumped down to 4th after [GF]Duke posted some excellent 3DMark 11 and 3DMark 03 scores using a standard OC edition HD7970. (likely modified) All of the competitors who finished in the top spots used a variety of hardware including LGA2011 Sandy Bridge E and 1155 Sandy Bridge processors both on MSI motherboards.
Sadly, I was at a disadvantage from the start due to my decision to stick with X79 and the HD7970 Lightning but was hopeful that I could get the scores I needed to place well in 3DMark 11 and was hoping for the best from the other two. In the end my gamble didn't pay off and my scores were only good enough for 8th place. Only the top 5 were awarded Level 2 HWBot competition points along with hardware prizes.
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Nvidia Gefore GTX 670 Super Awesome Launch Day - Global Style
Published: Thursday, May 10, 2012 | By: DennisNot sure about the "super awesome" part of the launch but the card is top notch. Be sure to check out our review of the Gigabyte GTX 670 OC edition, it is quite the board.
Reviews from around the web:
- GeForce GTX 670 2 and 3-way SLI review @ Guru3D
- ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP review
- Palit GeForce GTX 670 JetStream 2 GB @ techPowerUp
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card @ Bjorn3D
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Reviews, EVGA and Gigabyte @ HotHardware
- Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce @ PureOverclock
- NVIDIA & EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- GEFORCE GTX 670 Launch Review at Hardware Heaven
- ASUS GeForce GTX 670 Direct CU II 2 GB @ techPowerUp
- Nvidia GTX 670 @ lanOC Reviews
- TR reviews the GeForce GTX 670
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 review plus SLI and 3-way SLI @ Hardware.Info
- ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II Top @ OcaholicWould you buy one?
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Running Sega Dreamcast Games on Your PC with nullDC @ Techgage
Published: Monday, May 7, 2012 | By: DennisYou know I haven't played the Dreamcast in years, in fact it was shortly after the laser went out that it started collecting dust and eventually fell out of popularity.
Want to play your Sega Dreamcast games but don't want to haul the console out of the closet? You're in luck, because there exists an outstanding emulator that I recently became addicted to: nullDC. This article covers all you need to know about it, including how to get started. So what are you waiting for? SoulCalibur is waiting.
The one game I really wanted to play on the Dreamcast was Quake III but the controls were backwards for me. It was about that time I was introduced to Crazy Taxi, great game but the sound track was horrible.
